Dictionary Definition
creep
Noun
2 a slow longitudinal movement or
deformation
3 a pen that is fenced so that young animals can
enter but adults cannot
4 a slow creeping mode of locomotion (on hands
and knees or dragging the body); "a crawl was all that the injured
man could manage"; "the traffic moved at a creep" [syn: crawl, crawling, creeping]
Verb
1 move slowly; in the case of people or animals
with the body near the ground; "The crocodile was crawling along
the riverbed" [syn: crawl]
2 to go stealthily or furtively; "..stead of
sneaking around spying on the neighbor's house" [syn: sneak, mouse, steal, pussyfoot]
3 grow in such a way as to cover (a building, for
example); "ivy grew over the walls of the university buildings"
[syn: grow
over]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
crēopanPronunciation
- , /kriːp/, /kri:p/
- Rhymes: -iːp
Noun
- The movement of something that creeps (like worms or snails)
- A relatively small gradual change, variation or deviation (from a planned value) in a measure.
- A slight displacement of an object: the slight movement of something
- In the context of "publishing": In sewn books, the tendency of pages on the inside of a quire to stand out farther than those on the outside of it.
- In the context of "materials science": An increase in strain with time; the gradual flow or deformation of a material under stress.
- The imperceptible downslope movement of surface rock.
- In the context of "informal|pejorative": An annoying irritating person
- In the context of "informal|pejorative": A frightening and/or
disconcerting person, especially one who gives the speaker chills or who induces psychosomatic facial
itching.
- Stop following me, you creep!
Translations
small gradual change in a measure
- Finnish: ryömintä
slight displacement
- Finnish: liikahdus
tendency of pages iniside of a quire to stand
out
gradual deformation of material under stress
- Finnish: viruminen
imperceptible downslope movement of
surface
informal: an annoyingly unpleasant person
frightening or disconcerting person
Verb
- To move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground.
- Lizards and snakes crept over the ground.
- Of plants, to grow across a surface rather than upwards.
- To move slowly and quietly in a particular direction.
- He tried to creep past the guard without being seen.
- To make small gradual changes, usually in a particular
direction.
- Prices have been creeping up all year.
Synonyms
Translations
move slowly with the abdomen close to the ground
- Catalan: arrossegar-se
- Czech: plazit se
- Danish: krybe
- Dutch: kruipen
- Esperanto: rampi
- Finnish: ryömiä, madella
- French: ramper
- German: kriechen
- Italian: strisciare
- Japanese: 這う (hau)
- Portuguese: rastejar
- Russian: ползти
- Spanish: arrastrarse, reptar
- Swedish: krypa, kräla
- West Frisian: krûpe
grow across a surface rather than upwards
move slowly and quietly in a particular
direction
change or deviate gradually
- Dutch: opschuiven
- Finnish: hiipiä
- German: schleichen
Extensive Definition
Creep may refer to:
- Creep (deformation), a materials deformation process that can lead to mechanical failure
- Downhill creep, the slow progression of rock down a low grade slope
- Fault creep, a slow steady movement along an earthquake fault
- Creep (project management), the jeopardizing of a project's initial objectives by an increase in overall objectives
- Creep, advancing of a railway wheel more or less than is expected from rolling, without large-scale slip
- Creap, a brand of powdered milk substitute popular in Japan
In entertainment:
- "Creep" (Radiohead song), by the British band Radiohead
- "Creep" (TLC song), by TLC
- "Creep" (Stone Temple Pilots song), by Stone Temple Pilots
- "The Creeps", a song by Camille Jones and Fedde le Grand
- The Creep (book), a 1968 novel by Jeffrey Frank
- Creep (film), a 2004 British horror film
- Creeps (1956 film), a 1956 short subject starring the Three Stooges.
- Creep (Warcraft), a neutral but hostile computer controlled unit in Warcraft III
- Creep (Starcraft), an organic ground cover necessary for constructing structures by the Zerg race in Starcraft
CREEP may stand for:
- Committee to Re-elect the President
- The Moon mineral is spelled KREEP.
See also
creep in German: Creep
creep in French: Creep (homonymie)
creep in Japanese: クリープ (曖昧さ回避)
creep in Slovak: Creep
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
SOB, all
fours, amble, andante, bastard, bend the knee, bootlick, bow, bow and scrape, bugger, claudicate, claudication, couch, cower, crawl, crawling, creeping, cringe, crouch, dead march, dogtrot, drag, drag along, drag on, drag
out, fart, fawn, feel creepy, feel funny,
flatter, footpace, funeral march, go
dead slow, go on, go on tiptoe, go slow, grovel, gumshoe, gumshoeing, have gooseflesh,
have the creeps, heel,
hobble, hood, hooligan, idle, inch, inch along, jerk, jog, jog trot, jog-trot, kneel, kowtow, lay wait, laze, leisurely gait, lick the
dust, lickspittle,
lie in wait, limp, linger, linger on, louse, lumbering pace, lurk, meanie, mincing steps, mosey, mother, nightwalk, nightwalking, pad, padding, pill, plod, poke, poke along, prowl, prowling, pussyfoot, pussyfooting, rack, rat, saunter, scrabble, scramble, shadow, shamble, shit, shithead, shitheel, shuffle, shuffle along, sidle, sidling, skulk, slink, slinking, slither, slouch, slow march, slow motion,
snake, snaking, sneak, sneaking, squirm, stagger along, stalk, steal, steal along, stealing, stinkard, stinker, stoop, stroll, tarry, tippytoe, tiptoe, tiptoeing, toadeat, toady, toddle, toddle along, totter
along, traipse, truckle, trudge, turd, waddle, walk, wear on, wiggle, worm, worm along, worming, wriggle